Bach's "Sleepers, Wake!"

"Wachet Auf!" (Sleepers, Wake!) from the Schubler Chorale Preludes, BWV 645, with unidentified Baroque piece as intro.

Previously I wrote: I'm embarassed to say I don't know the names of these two tunes. As a folk musician who plays by ear, I pick up lots of influences without necessarily knowing the names of the pieces. That's the case here. Both pieces are incredibly famous, so please somebody tell me the names!

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[despicablesquid]

The first one I'm mildly unsure of, but the second one is definitely "Wachet Auf!" (Sleepers, Wake!) from the Schubler Chorale Preludes, BWV 645.

[cinderbutte]

So it is indeed! Thanks for the quick reply! I've played this song for more than a decade without knowing its name! How much sweeter it is to know name of the rose that makes you swoon.

[daveflauto]

Hi. The first part you are playing is (part of) the tune for Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in Bflat major. It's in 6/8, count 123/223, 123/,223 etc. But the 3rd note should be tied (hold the note without tonguing again) to the 4th throughout much of the piece, so it sounds 123-23. This makes this piece so special, a little piece of Bach genius.

[ubizmo]

Wachet Auf was great!

[BillyBughead]

Um, Freebird? I guess I don't know either...

[despicablesquid]

Indeed. When I was a senior in high school the 7 graduates in my class played an arrangement of it (me playing trombone, quite a far cry from the recorder I now also enjoy).

It's one of my favorite Bach melodies, and you play it very nicely.